Alexandra Rutherford is a professor of psychology at York University in Toronto. She studies the relationships between behavioral science and society with a particular emphasis on feminist psychology and its impact on policy. Her current book project is The Science and Politics of Gender: Feminism, Psychology, and their Publics in late 20th century America. She is the founder and director of the Psychology’s Feminist Voices oral history and digital-archive project.
Referring to the number of women who experience sexual assault during their time in college, “1 in 5” is one of the most high-profile and contested statistics in the media today.